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Here is another one I took yesterday with the Tamron 70-300 4-5.6 AF

Seems like he had a bit of a hard time.

You have retained good detail in the whites which is very difficult to acheive especially as it looks like the light was quite harsh. The eye being in shadow is not doing you any favours though neither is the pose. Kookies can be very uncooperative

Craig,

The new glass is proving to be very good value.

How do you think you might be able to address the eyes being in shadow as they are. I'm presuming that this is an unpaid, and possibly somewhat uncooperative and unresponsive model.

gstark wrote:Craig,

The new glass is proving to be very good value.

How do you think you might be able to address the eyes being in shadow as they are. I'm presuming that this is an unpaid, and possibly somewhat uncooperative and unresponsive model.

Sorry Gary, just a bad photographer and my missus pressing on to keep going (I just can't handle the stress )

The Model was there for about 5 minutes and very cooperative

craig.rohse wrote:

gstark wrote:Craig,

The new glass is proving to be very good value.

How do you think you might be able to address the eyes being in shadow as they are. I'm presuming that this is an unpaid, and possibly somewhat uncooperative and unresponsive model.

Sorry Gary, just a bad photographer and my missus pressing on to keep going (I just can't handle the stress )

I'm thinking that - if you're close enough - you might call on some assistance from your friend Phil. If he's not been arrested for flashing ...

Set your exposure based upon a normal exposure of the subject, and then dial the flash back by about a stop.

The Model was there for about 5 minutes and very cooperative

I hope you got a signed release ....

gstark wrote: Set your exposure based upon a normal exposure of the subject, and then dial the flash back by about a stop.

Given you've taken the shot... and you have what you have... I might suggest lifting the exposure selectively around the face, if you have either Lightroom or Photoshop. To a point this can achieve what Gary is recommending without going to the trouble of signing up the model in question for a reshoot.

Mj wrote:

gstark wrote: Set your exposure based upon a normal exposure of the subject, and then dial the flash back by about a stop.

Given you've taken the shot... and you have what you have... I might suggest lifting the exposure selectively around the face, if you have either Lightroom or Photoshop. To a point this can achieve what Gary is recommending without going to the trouble of signing up the model in question for a reshoot.

Thanks Mj just had a play and this is what I came up with.

The rework certainly helps but there is a lot of noise around the eye as a result, fill flash would have been ideal.

Never go shooting with the missus in tow they always expect you to 'hurry up'.

CraigVTR wrote:Never go shooting with the missus in tow they always expect you to 'hurry up'.

And rarely agree to hold the fill flash for you.